Deregulation and Changes in Management-Labour Relations

最近，由于经济全球化，即使在日本，所有部门放松管制的运动也迅速推进。1996年，政府宣布了对私营铁路行业放松管制的政策，2002年2月1日，对客车行业放松管制的政策生效。根据该政策，新来者进入公交行业、线路设置和票价设置都将被放开。在市场经济的基础上，政府甚至在铁路行业也进入了自由竞争的时代。本研究汇集了放松管制之前（1996-2002）的几个焦点，并通过调查研究实证检验了公司层面的管理层如何与工会一起处理放松管制的证据，以及管理层-劳资关系如何变化的结果。此外，本研究也检视工会在公司层面所展现的功能的可能性与局限性。

Recently, as a result of economic globalization, the movement towards deregulation in all sectors has advanced quickly even in Japan. In 1996, the government announced a deregulation policy for the private railway industry, and, on 1 February 2002, the deregulation of the passenger-bus industry took effect. According to the policy, the entry of newcomers into the bus industry, the establishment of lines and the setting of fares were to be liberalized. Based on market economics, the government had, even in the railway industry, rushed into the age of free competition.This research brings together several focal points in the period before deregulation (1996-2002), and through survey research empirically examines the evidence of how the management side at the company level, along with the labor unions, dealt with deregulation and, as a result, how management-labour relations changed. In addition, This research also examines the possibilities and limitations of the kind of functions displayed by the labor unions at the company level.